Special Issue "Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Sports Facility Development and Sports Event Management"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Seong Ok Lyu
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Guest Editor
School of Global Sport Studies, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Korea
Interests: sport management; sport tourism; non-market valuation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

While a plethora of academic attention has been paid to the immediate economic impacts of sport facility development and sport event operation, limited research has contributed to an enhanced recognition of the ununiformed long-term consequences. The positive socio-cultural effects of mega sport events necessitating massive development of sport facilities and public infrastructure are believed to encourage a variety of psychological benefits such as national pride and social cohesion, but these are largely ephemeral. During the past decade, mega sport events such as the Olympic Games have particularly thrown increasing doubt about the multiple positive effects of sport stadia and infrastructure development on the real economy of host destinations and residents’ perception of well-being.

The sustainability issues of sport facility development are even more principal for all constituents of sport event stakeholders. It is widely accepted that sport facility development for mega sport events has led to diverse undesired environmental consequences including air and water pollution as well as nature degradation. We also witness social conflicts and environmental problems that some developing countries hosting mega sport events have encountered. An alternative avenue is needed to mitigate the different negative aspects of sport facility development.

This Special Issue welcomes colleagues interested in the sustainable development of sport facilities for different types of sport events. The focus of this Special Issue is on diverse policies and strategies for diminishing negative socio-economic and environmental impacts of sport facility development. The primary purpose of this Special Issue is to allow sport event professionals to implement adequate policies for minimizing different undesirable outcomes of sport facility development. Original research papers using quantitative and empirical analyses as well as comprehensive review articles are welcome.

An indicative, but not exhaustive, list of topics for the Special Issue is as follows:

  • Socio-cultural impacts of sport facility and infrastructure development;
  • Economic impacts of stadia and venue development for mega sport events;
  • Environmental impacts of mega sport event facilities and infrastructure;
  • Sustainable sport facility planning and development;
  • Innovative technologies for sustainable sport facility development;
  • Funding strategies for sustainable sport facility development;
  • Social equity and well-being effects of sport facility development.

Prof. Dr. Seong Ok Lyu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sport facility planning and development
  • socio-cultural impacts
  • economic impacts
  • environmental impacts
  • sport event management
  • mega sport events
  • sustainable sport facilities
  • host destination marketing

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Implementing a Sustainability Legacy Strategy: A Case Study of PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 5141; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095141 - 05 May 2021
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Given the growing need for hosts of sports mega-events to provide concrete plans for a sustainable sports mega-event at the bidding stage, it is perhaps surprising that there has not been more research on the actual implementation of the legacy plan in terms [...] Read more.
Given the growing need for hosts of sports mega-events to provide concrete plans for a sustainable sports mega-event at the bidding stage, it is perhaps surprising that there has not been more research on the actual implementation of the legacy plan in terms of sustainability. The main aim of this paper is to do just that: to analyse an empirical example of the implementation of the sustainability legacy plan for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Through an empirical analysis, the research methods used to collect the data are document analysis and semi-structured interviews with stakeholder sampling (16 documents and 10 interviewees). The paper uncovers the difficulties the PyeongChang Games encountered in achieving the sustainable legacy planned in the bid files through an evaluation of the implementation of PyeongChang’s legacy strategy in the context of South Korea. Part of the findings reveal that Gangwon Province and South Korea achieved their strategic goals set out in advance of the PyeongChang Olympics as an effective tool for promoting regional development. One of the main obstacles to the sustainability of the PyeongChang Olympics was the lack of a clear plan for the post-Games use of Olympics venues and conflicts of interest among stakeholders of the PyeongChang Winter Games. Full article
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Assessing the Difference of Emotional Intelligence among Visually Impaired, Blind Cricketers, and Non-Cricketers
Sustainability 2021, 13(5), 2955; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052955 - 09 Mar 2021
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(1) Background: Emotional intelligence plays a critical role in one’s socialization and psychological adjustment. The current study is an attempt to obtain a comparative analysis of the emotional intelligence among the cricketers that are blind or suffer from visual impairment. The major objective [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Emotional intelligence plays a critical role in one’s socialization and psychological adjustment. The current study is an attempt to obtain a comparative analysis of the emotional intelligence among the cricketers that are blind or suffer from visual impairment. The major objective of the study is to measure the emotional intelligence of visually impaired athletes along with the influence of their physical activities and demographic variables. (2) Methods: The employed survey method, with a descriptive research design, was based on a selective purpose sample of 220, which included a mean age of 28.38 years and an age range from 18 to 40 years, visually impaired cricketers, and non-cricketers from Punjab. The selective individuals completely provided their demographic information by filling out two forms, which included the short-form trait emotional intelligence questionnaire (TEIQue-SF) and the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ-SF). (3) Results: There is a significant relationship with emotional intelligence among the cricketers that are blind or suffer from visual impairment. Furthermore, the demographic variables had a significant impact on emotional intelligence (EI). Based on these findings, this study suggests administering a longitudinal study of visually impaired athletes in future research. In addition, different statistical populations of visually impaired athletes can be studied in order to compare their emotional intelligence with other psychological variables. Full article
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